Origin able to spend around 100,000 DOT from the treasury at once.

medium_spender

- Shortened time from original plan to 6 months  
- Added success goals (KPIs) in milestones  
- Changed payment and team size based on feedback  
- Kept same goals but will start small and grow  
- Asking to vote "no" on current plan  
- New plan coming soon

Rejected

Based on community feedback, pls vote nay

TimedOut

Pls vote nay

- A new app called Pixelproof is being built on Polkadot.  
- It will store photos securely and privately, like Google Photos but decentralized.  
- Users can log in with a wallet and upload photos without needing passwords.  
- The app works on both web and mobile.  
- People can pay for extra storage using regular money (fiat).  
- The budget for the first version is $225,000.  
- The goal is to show how Polkadot can make real apps for everyday people.  
- The team listened to feedback and made the plan simpler and cheaper.

Executed

Pixelproof V2 Proposal: Decentralized Photo Storage dApp

Vote Nay

- **Who:** Subsquid Lab  
- **What:** Helps Polkadot and Kusama with data storage  
- **Why:** Supports important apps and tools  
- **Growth:** More data and workers in Q4 2024  
- **Improvements:** Better indexing and new features  
- **Cost:** $308,704 USDC for services and work  
- **Data Served:** Over 11 TB for Polkadot chains  
- **Workers:** 1,600 nodes storing 900 TB

SQD (fka Subsquid) - Public Data Indexing Infrastructure for Polkadot and Kusama (Q4 2024)

- A new data structure called Merkle Mountain Belt (MMB) is proposed to improve blockchain efficiency.  
- MMB helps save money (around $1 million per year) for Polkadot users, especially in bridges.  
- It works better than older structures for recent data (1 minute to 1 day old).  
- The team will make a research paper and a Rust library by June 2026.  
- Funding requested: $340,198 upfront, plus extra DOT if savings exceed costs.  
- The team includes experts with Polkadot experience.  
- Changes from the last proposal include lower costs and simpler goals.  
- More details are available in links provided.

Merkle Mountain Belt (MMB)

- A new plan for the IMCF Rewards Program to engage Inter Miami CF fans using Polkadot.  
- The program will give fans special rewards like meeting players and getting signed items.  
- It costs $250,000 to build and run the program for the 2025 season.  
- Lionel Messi’s huge fan base will help promote Polkadot worldwide.  
- The program is approved by Major League Soccer (MLS).  
- A company called SMT will help make the fan app quickly.  
- The plan is smaller than before based on community feedback.  
- It could lead to more sports teams using Polkadot in the future.

Rewards Program Powered by Polkadot

Please VOTE NAY

- **Project**: UX Bounty for Polkadot  
- **Goal**: Improve user and developer experience  
- **Achievements**:  
  - Did 5 UX audits with 170+ suggestions  
  - 95% satisfaction from teams  
  - Upgraded 5 rollups  
- **Plans**:  
  - More UX audits (8 teams)  
  - New programs for data and help  
- **Budget**: $228,000 total  
- **Why Important**: Better UX = more people use Polkadot!

UX Bounty - Q3 2025 Refill Proposal

- Subsquid Lab is asking for $308,704 to keep their public data archives running.  
- These archives help Polkadot, Kusama, and other blockchain projects.  
- Many apps and tools use Subsquid’s free data services.  
- In late 2024, they grew their network to 1,600 worker nodes.  
- They improved their software to handle tricky blockchain data better.  
- The money covers cloud costs, engineers, and new features.  
- They shared detailed spending plans in a table.  
- This keeps important blockchain data free for developers.

SQD (fka Subsquid) - Please see correct proposal here = https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/1668?created=true

- Polkadot needs more money (42,316.54 DOT) to pay collators.  
- Collators help keep the network safe and working well.  
- This money will help them do their job better.  
- Past votes gave money to collators in 2023 and 2024.  
- The full plan is in a Google Doc.  
- The money goes to a special DOT address.  
- Collators are very important for Polkadot.

Polkadot System Parachains Collator Bounty #32  Top-Up Proposal - July/2025

- Polkadot's BD Hub is a new platform to help teams work better together.  
- It will give everyone the same tools and information to grow Polkadot.  
- The Hub includes a helpdesk, guides, and ways to track progress.  
- Many people in the community support this idea.  
- It costs $255,150 and will take 9 months to build.  
- The goal is to make Polkadot stronger and easier to use for businesses.  
- The team will share updates and ask for feedback along the way.

The BD Hub: Enabling Business Development Across Polkadot 

- A rare Australian opal will be turned into a Polkadot-themed amulet.  
- It will be shown on *Outback Opal Hunters* (Discovery Channel).  
- The opal will be split into **100 billion tokens** on Polkadot.  
- The Polkadot Treasury will own it, so everyone in the community can have a piece.  
- The amulet will be sold to a Polkadot member for the whole community.  
- It will be displayed at Polkadot events with "As seen on Discovery Channel."  
- This is Polkadot’s **first real-world asset (RWA)** owned by the Treasury.  
- The show’s director supports sharing opal ownership using blockchain.

Polkadot x Discovery Channel: A Tokenization Story

[Please vote nay!]

[Please vote nay] 

- **devGround Phase 2** improves tools for Polkadot developers.  
- **New features**:  
  - Share coding sessions in real time.  
  - Send code snippets via QR codes or links.  
  - Better block explorer with more data.  
- **Easier to use**: smoother navigation and debugging.  
- **Helps developers** work faster and learn quicker.  
- **Cost**: 172,210 USDC for 4 milestones.  
- **Feedback** is welcome to make it better.

devGround Phase 2

- **ParaSpell** is a set of tools for Polkadot that helps projects work across different blockchains.  
- It includes **XCM SDK**, **XCM API**, **XCM Router**, **XCM Analyser**, and **XCM Visualizator**.  
- The tools make it easy to send assets, decode messages, and see blockchain connections in 3D.  
- The team has won awards and published research about Polkadot.  
- They are asking for funding to keep improving the tools for 12 months.  
- The tools are free and open-source for everyone to use.  
- The team helps other developers and fixes problems quickly.  
- You can try the tools on their website without coding.

ParaSpell✨ XCM Tools - 12 Months of Maintenance and Server cost coverage

- A team wants $75,000 to make Polkadot easier for developers  
- Their tool helps new developers learn quickly  
- It works with existing Polkadot tools  
- They already built two parts successfully  
- The money will pay for more features and ads  
- Goal: Help 500+ developers in 6 months  
- Team has experience with Polkadot and coding  
- They promise to keep the main tool free

Papi Simulator:  Developer Tool and Playground for Polkadot

- OneBlock+ helps grow Polkadot developers in Asia.  
- They teach coding and connect developers.  
- They have 40,000 Web3 developers in their community.  
- They run bootcamps, hackathons, and university programs.  
- Their 2025 goal is to train 800 new Polkadot developers.  
- They partner with PaperMoon for courses.  
- They ask for $376,300 to fund their work.

OneBlock+ 2025 Developer Education & Community Expansion Plan

beneficiary

- Cyborg Network helps AI developers use powerful computers (Cyborg Miners) to run AI models.  
- They finished their first goal (Milestone 1) and are now working on Milestone 2.  
- Milestone 2 includes connecting to Polkadot for payments in DOT and testing new miners.  
- Users can pay for AI services with DOT, helping Polkadot grow.  
- They won many hackathons and got support from big companies like Nvidia.  
- They are asking for funding (136,780 USDC) to finish their project.  
- Cyborg Network wants to bring more real-world users to Polkadot.  
- They shared an FAQ document for common questions.

Cyborg Network: Unlocking Polkadot’s Web2.5 Potential through Blockchain-Powered AI Inference – Milestone 2

Please vote NAY!! Requested DOT by mistake instead of stables

- **Goal:** Hire someone to help match people with jobs in the Polkadot ecosystem for 12 months.  
- **Problem:** Many jobs are open, but it's hard to find the right people.  
- **Solution:** A Talent Lead will create a system to connect workers and jobs.  
- **Budget:** $140,000 in USDC.  
- **Key Targets:**  
  - Build a job-matching system in 7 months.  
  - Place at least 20 people in jobs in 12 months.  
- **Team:** Three experts will oversee the project.  
- **Pay:** $7,500 per month for the Talent Lead.  
- **Next Steps:** If successful, the project may continue.

Hire an Ecosystem Talent Lead for DAO/OpenGov jobs

- Politecnico di Milano is a top university in Italy and Europe for engineering and technology.  
- Their Blockchain & Web3 Observatory helps businesses, governments, and researchers work together on blockchain technology.  
- The partnership will help Polkadot connect with important groups like regulators, companies, and developers.  
- The Observatory organizes events, writes reports, and shares research to promote blockchain adoption.  
- Polkadot Italia is a team working to grow Polkadot’s presence in Italy through education and events.  
- The budget covers sponsorship fees and team coordination but not travel or event costs.  
- The goal is to make Polkadot more visible and trusted in Europe’s Web3 ecosystem.

Polkadot Community Foundation - Politecnico di Milano, Blockchain & Web3 Observatory 2025 Partnership

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Referenda Medium Spender

Origin able to dispatch a whitelisted call.

Origin for signaling that the network wishes for some change

Origin able to cancel slashes and manage minimum commission.

Origin for spending up to 10,000,000 DOT from the treasury as well as generally administering it.

Origin for managing the composition of the fellowship.

Origin able to spend around 250 DOT from the treasury at once.

Origin able to spend around 1,000 DOT from the treasury at once.

Origin able to spend around 10,000 DOT from the treasury at once.

Origin able to spend up to 1,000,000 DOT from the treasury at once.

[33] Origin: MediumSpender